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On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 27/10/2014 17:45, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>> On 10/25/2014 12:45 PM, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> On 10/25/2014 09:57 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>>>> On 10/7/2014 6:03 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>>> On Tuesday 07 Oct 2014 22:56:28 Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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>>>>>> Quite the opposite. Ideally, you should remove the PORTDIR setting |
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>>>>>> from make.conf. repos.conf is the newer, more flexible way to |
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>>>>>> configure it. |
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>>>>>> Unfortunately, that will break some of the third-party portage tools |
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>>>>>> which parse make.conf directly. |
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>>>>> <Scratches head> ... so are we supposed to guess this, wait for a news article |
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>>>>> somewhere, or will it show up in an emerge log somewhere? |
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>>>> So... would appreciate a response from someone who knows. |
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>>>> I really dislike making systemic changes like this without really solid |
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>>>> guidance on how (and hopefully the why too)... |
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>>> I'm only guessing, but I don't think PORTDIR is going away for a while. |
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>> Ok, but that doesn't answer the main question... |
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>> Mike Gilbert - apparently a gentoo dev - said that ideally we should |
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>> remove the PORTDIR setting. |
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>> This begs three questions... |
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>> 1. Is this correct? |
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>> 2. If so, is there a definitive guide/news item/post somewhere that |
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>> explains the details (how and why mainly)? |
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>> 3. If not, why did Mike say this? |
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> Occam's razor: |
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> What Mike said probably translates best to something like this: |
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> Guys, I think it would be a good idea to get rid of PORTDIR now or soon |
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> seeing as we're close to being able to do it. What do you all think? |
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> The complete lack of any announcement or plan and that PORTDIR still |
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> works as always indicates this is probably what he meant by "should" - |
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> just a dev talking about an idea |
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My comment was based on an earlier version of portage, which didn't |
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really support PORTDIR overriding repos.conf very well. |
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It seems to work ok in the current release (2.2.14), so I suppose you |
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can use whichever method you prefer. |
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I'm not sure if the portage team has decided what to do long-term. |
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